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The word 'oxymoron' is an oxymoron in itself; the 'oxy' meaning sharp, and 'moron' meaning dull. So remember this the next time you call somebody a moron.........

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Every day is a gift- cherish it!

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Though Anne Boleyn's body was 'found' and 'identified' in Victorian times, there was no definite way at that time to know if it was her.

The grave marked 'Queen Anne Boleyn' may not be hers at all.

The ruler of Austria, duke Frederick IV of the Empty Pockets (1406-1439), was followed by Sigismund the Rich (1439-1490). -- It makes you wonder what happened.

Technically, the Lord of the Rings trilogy isn't a trilogy at all; it was cheaper for the publishers to break it down into three separate books rather than printing one large book.

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Courtney Love was Kurt Cobain's sole beneficiary.

She has control over all music, songs, poems written by him.

Sylkat,

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Double post....sorry.

Douglas Fairbanks gave Mary Pickford a star sapphire solitaire engagement ring.

A one hundred eighty-two carat star sapphire known as the Star Of Bombay

She left it to a museum in her will.


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Lutetium is one of the most difficult elements to prepare and has no large scale practical uses.

Mher Mkrtchyan was an Armenian actor. His last name starts with seven different consonants.

The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance was created by a magazine purely for selling American flags to public schools.

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Only five people were at Bugsy Siegel's graveside service.

His immediate family.

The following is not an obscure fact I know. It's something nobody knows.

The North Sentinel Island is located in the Bay of Bengal, officially part of India. It is an island of squarish shape, 6 by 6 kilometers across. It is entirelly (literally, edge to edge) covered by a thick forest. And it is inhabited by a nation known as the Sentinelese. What do we know about those people? Nothing.

Try the internet. No. Nothing.

Dear Krabo,

Google www.northsentinelisland.com.

There is information on these people, and thorough explanation of why no one is able to learn much about them....hint: they kill anyone trying to land on their island.

There are also photos taken from a distance.

The Mitsubishi car company grew out of the Mitsubishi samurai family. The company logo was the samurai clan's 'mon' (identifying mark).

The Nintendo company was founded in 1889. They originally made card games.

The Tardigrade or 'water bear' is a tiny creature that can survive high doses of radiation, the empty vacuum of space, temperatures well above boiling point, temperatures just above absolute zero, huge amounts of pressure and can 'hybernate' for a decade without water before reanimating and living as normal. They have been around since the Cambrian period, a period of mass emergence of more complex life forms on Earth.

The tie was invented in Croatia in the form of the cravat which was worn by mercenaries. 'Cravat' simply means Croat.

The ancient Minoan religion involved a ceremony of jumping over bulls (bull-leaping). Well, there's a bit of a debate about it but many scholars believe this to be the case Gotta love the ancient Minoans! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull-Leaping_Fresco

They also had an odd form of human sacrifice, wherein the victim was put into an underground maze, in which was a god-monster-demon that killed, then ate the poor soul, who may have thought that wandering through the maze would lead to an escape.